January 30, 2008
The Guardian

In a landmark case of environmental protection, an Island potato grower has been charged and convicted for a land slope violation under a new section of provincial legislation.

Dean Hayden of Cherry Valley was charged with violating a section of the Agricultural Crop Rotation Act by planting potatoes on a sloping field that exceeded a nine per cent slope. The field was located in Grandview near Montague.
Counsel for Hayden entered a guilty plea at the Georgetown courthouse just before Christmas and the grower was fined the $3,000 minimum.